Shikhar Shrestha

Food Technologist at Oppenheimer Pty Ltd
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, AU
Languages
  • English -
  • Nepali -
  • Maithili -
  • Hindi -

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Experience

    • Australia
    • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Food Technologist
      • Nov 2021 - Present

      Quality control of raw materials, semi finished and finished products. HACCP, HALAL and GMP documentation. Issuing the batch sheets and labels according to the production plan. Verification of Critical Control points. Coordination with production department if there is any quality issues. Active participation during product rework process. Quality control of raw materials, semi finished and finished products. HACCP, HALAL and GMP documentation. Issuing the batch sheets and labels according to the production plan. Verification of Critical Control points. Coordination with production department if there is any quality issues. Active participation during product rework process.

    • Australia
    • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chocolate Technologist
      • Oct 2019 - Nov 2021

      • New recipe formulation and developing new products by altering the composition of different raw materials. • Conducting several trial experiments for maintaining the quality of finished products and taking corrective action if there is any non-conformity. • Active participation in continuous improvements of products and processes through technical skills and abilities. • Quality analysis of raw materials (ginger, sugar, colorants, milk, dark and white chocolate) packaging materials, semi-finished products (fondants) and finished products. • Developing quality control procedures for the manufacture of safe products. • Conducting GMP audit for the realization of safe manufacturing environment. • Developing standard operating procedures of different machines like enrober, temperer, clustering machine, packaging machine, etc. • Documentation and record keeping of the records related to HACCP. • Effective implementation of food safety and worker’s safety policies. • Supervision of enrobing, tempering, clustering and cooking processes. Show less

    • Sr. SHEQ Executive
      • May 2017 - Jul 2018

      • Analysis of quality parameters of treated water (hardness, residual chlorine concentration, pH, TDS, turbidity), syrup (color, specific gravity, foreign material), carbon dioxide gas (purity, appearance, odor), and finished beverage (gas volume, brix, torque, crimpage, net content, foreign material, taste, odor, appearance). • Conducting several trial experiments for improvement of new products and active participation in cost reduction processes. • Handling of the market complains and carrying out the root cause analysis (RCA) of the complains. • Development of standard operating procedures and quality control procedures for the manufacture of safe products. • Conducting training programs to food handlers about safe preserving, processing, packaging, storing, delivering and distribution of products. • Documentation and record keeping of ISO (IS0 22000 and ISO 9001) and OSHSAS 18001 related documents. • Monitoring, validation and verification of critical control points (CCPs), operational prerequisite programs (OPRPs) and prerequisite programs (PRPs) at regular interval of time, and taking the corrective action when required. • Effective implementation of company’s food safety policy, and conducting GMP and HACCP related training to workers and distributors at regular interval of time. • Conducting internal good manufacturing practices (GMP) audit on monthly basis and compiling overall GMP score of the plant. • Supervision of Water Treatment Plant (WTP), Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP), Blending room and Pasteurization room. • Conducting sensory analysis program according to the manual of the Coca Cola Company. Show less

    • QC Executive
      • Jan 2016 - May 2017

      • Analysis of quality parameters of de-mineralized water (pH, turbidity, hardness, total dissolved solids), extra neutral alcohol (alcohol content, pH, turbidity, acidity), flavor, packaging materials (moisture content, bursting strength, internal and external diameter of glass bottles), and blended product (pH, turbidity, alcohol content) according to company’s procedures. • Conducting experiments and tests of packaging materials and setting packaging materials standards. • Supervision of the blending process and demineralized (DM) water treatment process. • Conducting several experiments and trials for a scale up of the blending process. • Conducting training programs to food handlers regarding safe handling of the alcoholic beverages. • Retention of finished and semi-finished products for future experiments. • Preparing and conducting sensory analysis of different samples like demineralized water, extra neutral alcohol, flavor and finished blend according to the sensory guidelines of company. • Taking the corrective actions in case of any deviations at any stages of production in coordination with the manager. • Implementation of ISO standards, especially ISO 22000 and ISO 9001, at all stages of production and its documentation. • Efficient handing of government excise officers during their regular routine visit for volume measurement of spirit and finished blend in coordination with factory’s excise officer, factory manager and unit head. • Ensuring proper operation of CIP (Clean In Place) and COP (Clean Out of Place) processes and conducting experiments and tests after completion. Show less

Education

  • Central Campus of Technology
    Bachelor in Technology (Food), Food Science, Technology, Processing and Preservation
    2011 - 2015

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